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Nanny & Ofsted Registration & DBS checks - help!

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webminx · 15/05/2014 10:58

Hello,
We recently got a new nanny. She great and the kids love her and we need to start paying some of her wages with our childcare vouchers (they've been building up in our voucher provider account since we removed the kids from nursery) before I have to sell a kidney on ebay!

She has registered with Ofsted so we can do this but we're both a bit ???? about what happens next. I think I need (or she needs?) to get a DBS check?

Not sure if I need to do that through an agency or she needs to do that through the government/Capita scheme. Any ideas? What happens then?

If anyone's done this already, I'd be really glad to hear how it went - we're a bit confused by the whole process!
Thanks in advance

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nannynick · 15/05/2014 11:46

Ofsted should have given her information about how to get a DBS check.

From what I know, it is done online via a website. The code needed and a link is provided in the Ofsted Guide to Registration.

Ofsted DBS Application Website
Code is: OfSTEDA (note the lowercase f). No password is needed.

Not sure what happens then but I guess that ID needs to be checked. See Step Three of Process.

DO NOT USE AN AGENCY TO DO THE CHECK - Ofsted must have the DBS check done via the OfstedDBS/Capita online system.